Wilful blindness
why we ignore the obvious at our peril
by Margaret Heffernan
In this book, distinguished business woman and writer, Margaret Heffernan, examines the phenomenon of wilful blindness. Drawing on a wide array of sources from psychological studies and social statistics to interviews with the relevant protagonists she examines what it is about human nature which makes us so prone to wilful blindness. Taught from infancy to obey authority, and absorbing the importance of selective vision as a key social skill, humans exacerbate their tendency to become institutionalised by joining organisations which are run by like-minded people. Wilful Blindness looks at how hard-work and the information overload of the modern workplace add to the problem. And examines why whistleblowers and Cassandras are so very rare.
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Wilful blindness: why we ignore the obvious at our peril
2010, Simon & Schuster
in English
184737770X 9781847377708
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Includes bibliographical references (p.350 -374) and index.
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